Template:Selected anniversaries/July 23
July 23
2003: John posts signs of life after his sudden disappearance. Dr. Nathaniel Essex researches Sarah's mutation with aims of developing control.
2004: Jubilee meets Patches and receives information that Amanda may have cast augmentation spells on herself. Doug and Nathan take Marie-Ange's cards and notes after they discover she hasn't slept for five days trying to do readings.
2005: Dani tracks down Forge and gets him to talk, discovering that Charlie isn't the only crisis on his mind. Madelyn gets to meet Hank's parents, when they go to the McCoy farm with Dani and Forge. Hellfire and Damnation: The Professor takes steps to see that Alison's mission is completed by an unsuspecting Remy. Bad Blood: Alison heads into town with the intention of giving Pete the data from Harry Leland but Sabretooth has other ideas; Alison wakes up to discover exactly how much trouble she's in and how much worse it can get; Scott gets a call from the police reporting the kidnapping - resulting in Charles turning to Cerebro, with Nathan's help; once they have a location, Scott rallies a team for the rescue as quickly as possible; Nathan and Cain talk, en route to Ryker's Island; Alison wakes up again and attempts to take stock; the rescue proceeds quickly, with some going in and some staying in the jet, and Juggernaut takes on Sabretooth, who leads them straight to Alison; Jean acts as medic while they take her to the nearest ER; finally, Scott calls Haroun and tells him to come to the hospital; Haroun comes and is greeted by Jean with bad news; Clarice comes into her own, fetching Amanda to perform a miracle, then going back to grab Illyana as well; in Limbo, by a witch and its Queen, a miracle is performed.
2006: Marie discusses her date with Doug with Angelo, and then drops in on Amanda, where George the werelight decides to make an appearance. He's still hanging around when Angelo turns up later. Scott and Paige have a moment in the greenhouse. Buzkashi: Nathan has taken the Elpis members with to Afghanistan to investigate rumors of a mutant slave trade; Nathan gives Rahne a headscarf and some advice. And Sofia makes dinner for the brownstone.
2007: Jan has a singing session outside for the hell of it, to Farouk's horror. Nathan returns from Wakanda. Sound of Silence: Scott announces the Attilan news.
2008: Forge and Crystal realise they've moved in together and Forge makes it official, moving the last of his possessions out of the suite with Angelo. Angelo asks Jean to translate the test results from his father's autopsy. Julio and Nori share elements of their pasts when Julio upsets Nori by asking about her tattoos. Terry is bored by filing and mentions her upcoming anniversary. Yvette talks about the capture of Radovan Karadzic.
2009: In the wake of the ABBA fest the day before, Jake shares another Swedish musical talent. Fiddler's Green: An insomniac Lil visits Nathan; SHIELD asks Moira and Jean to help them on a retrieval mission to a Taygetos creche and when Nathan finds out about it, he refuses to remain behind; on the way to the base, Forge and Nathan talk about the reward of helping the children; arriving, Nathan is happily surprised to find Carly Alvarez working for SHIELD; Moira and Jean begin the evaluation of the babies when news comes that John Lense is en route with a team; a desperate plan is formed, Carly and Nathan to cooperate taking down Lense whilst Jean protects the babies from his team; in the battle against Lense, Carly is killed and Nathan almost so, before finally killing his old Mistra teammate; Forge reports on what happened; Scott announces the six rescued babies will be in the mansion for a short time before being transferred to Muir Island. Amanda visits the mansion and meets Lex and then Sarah. Jake and Vanessa swap places, causing confusion to Cammie and resulting in confessions from Adrienne that lead to her having sex with Vanessa; Doug isn't fooled by Jake-as-Vanessa. Sam emails Morgan, apologising for his actions and asking her to apologise to X-Force for him; Morgan tells him to do his own apologising.
2010: Yvette finds Kyle by the pool and an awkward hug happens.
2011: Matt posts some poetry on his journal. Don't Close Your Eyes: After weeks with no change, Xavier and Haller go inside Jean's mind; Haller and Xavier split up, each meeting a different version of Jean - Haller with Jane, Charles with a teenaged Jean; returning to the mansion, they attempt to go in, but a memory of Nightmare attacks them, forcing them to retreat to the centre of Jean's mind where they find an untouched child version of Jean; Jane and Jeannie join with the child Jean to become the adult Jean and they banish the memory of Nightmare from her mind; Haller makes an announcement that Jean has woken up and is tired and needs to rest, and to check with Scott if she's able to see visitors. The Problématique: Warren texts Vanessa again hoping that she's ok and letting her know that Jean's awake.
2012: Angelo thanks everyone for all the presents he was given on his birthday. Terry arrives back from California. Charles informs everyone that graduation and a dance will be held on the 3rd of August, Maddie volunteers to organise it. Maddie puts on a rocket display to celebrate the life of Sally Ride, the first female astronaut. Haller and Scott run into one another in the hall and get into an argument about the school and discover something was wrong. After Jean examines Scott she discovers Haller had altered Scott’s memory to make Scott forget Haller had ever told him abut Charles being his father.
